The Arthur Gray Collection (#76MG) Closed Auction Info View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)Relevance Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-10 of 502. Previous|12345678...51|Next Lot #1 ONE PENNY: 1d die proof in deep blue on wove paper BW #59(DP)2a, Cat $20,000. The only recorded example. RPSofV Certificate (dated "1913"!!) states "printer's proof in connection with the Postmaster-General's 1913 Christmas and New Year Greetings Card". Based on the colour being exactly the same as on the cards - see the next lot - this is probably correct, but it is only a supposition. The ACSC states "One example is known on white wove paper, quite distinct from the stock used for the cards. SymbolPGradea View details Estimate$10,000Price Realized$8,000StatusSold Lot #2 ONE PENNY: 1d impression in deep blue on Postmaster-General's Christmas and New Year Greetings Card BW #59DP(2), a couple of very minor blemishes on the reverse do not detract from the very fine appearance, Cat $6000. RPSofV Certificate (1975). The ACSC notes that the cards were printed from a special plate onto which the stamp impression was entered from the transfer roller. "There were 600 cards printed...Probably 12-15 cards have survived". [Lord Vestey's example - Ex Hugh Morgan - sold for SymbolPGradea- View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$2,800StatusSold Lot #3 ONE PENNY: 1d rose-red block of 6 (2x3, some short perfs at right) tied to plain cover to Melbourne by blue registration line & at the top by one of four strikes of the 'REGISTERED/9DE13 B/SYDNEY NSW' cds being the official First Day of Issue BW #59ya, red & black/white 'NSW/Sydney' registration label, no backstamps, Cat $7500+. The ACSC states that 11 First Day Covers have been recorded of which one is in the Royal Collection. However, in our experience they are far more elusive than First Day SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$5,000Price Realized$6,500StatusSold Lot #4 ONE PENNY: 1d pale red Imprint/Plate 'No 1' block of 8 (4x2) BW #59(1)z, plus similar 'No 2', 'No 3' & 'No 4' blocks of 8 (4x2), a few minor blemishes & a few hinge remainders, Cat $1175. (4 blocks) Symbol*Gradea-/b View details Estimate$400Price Realized$650StatusSold Lot #5 ONE PENNY: 1d pale red vertical pair Imperforate Between from Plate 1 BW #59b (SG 17a), adhesion & conicident stain at lower-left, Cat $4500 (£5000). The ACSC states "Two sheets from Plate 1 had a line of perforations omitted between the third & fourth rows. One sheet was in the pale red shade, and the other was in the rose-red shade". Symbol*Gradeb View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$2,800StatusSold Lot #6 ONE PENNY: 1d rose-red vertical pair Imperforate Between from Plate 3 BW #59b (SG 17a), unmounted, Cat $6000+ (£5000+) mounted. The ACSC states "Recently, two vertical pairs imperforate between have been identified as deriving from Plate 3". Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$5,500StatusSold Lot #7 ONE PENNY: 1d carmine-red vertical pair Imperforate Horizontally from Plate 2 BW #59bb (SG 17b) from the top of the sheet [4/14], the lower unit with an ironed-out horizontal crease & some gum-loss, Cat $3500 (£2250). The ACSC states "One sheet from Plate 2 had all horizontal perforations missing, yielding 60 vertical pairs...This sheet had been set aside for destruction but was inadvertently sold at the GPO Sydney". [This statement could be construed as "The sheet was set aside at the printery Symbol*Gradeb/c View details Estimate$750Price Realized$2,200StatusSold Lot #8 ONE PENNY: 1d carmine-red vertical pair Imperforate Horizontally from Plate 2 BW #59bb (SG 17b), the lower unit with a very minor thin in the margin at the base, Cat $3500 (£2250). Symbol*Gradea/a- View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$2,400StatusSold Lot #9 ONE PENNY: 1d carmine-red vertical pair Imperforate Horizontally from Plate 2 BW #59bb from the base of the sheet [85/95] additionally Imperf at the Base and at Right with a slightly Diagonal Row of Aberrant Vertical Perfs BW #59bb(var), vertical crease & a couple of coincidental surface scuffs at right, Cat $3500+. Symbol*Gradec View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$2,600StatusSold Lot #10 ONE PENNY: 1d pale red horizontal pair Imperforate Between from Plate 1 BW #59bc [13-14] (SG 17cb), very lightly mounted, Cat $7500 (£5000). Symbol*Gradea View details Estimate$4,000Price Realized$6,000StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345678...51|Next123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051 Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051 Next Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051 Next
